uninitiate

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ initiate.

Noun

uninitiate (plural uninitiates)

1. One who has not been initiated; an outsider.

   Synonym: exoteric

   • 1907, Alfred Cort Haddon, “The Religion of the Torres Straits Islanders”, in Anthropological Essays presented to E. B. Tylor:

     This mystery was too sacred to be imparted to uninitiates.

2. One who is not experienced.